† myrtiten.

Forms: late Middle English 1600s mirtite.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin myrtītēs.

Etymology: < classical Latin myrtītēs wine made from or flavoured with myrtle berries (Columella, Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek μυρτίτης (Dioscorides) < ancient Greek μύρτος myrt n. + -ίτης -ite suffix¹.The Latin and Greek words sometimes occur in apposition with vīnum wine and οἶνος respectively. Hellenistic Greek μυρτίτης is recorded earlier as the name of a plant, myrtle spurge (Theophrastus); classical Latin myrtītēs is also used in this sense (Pliny).

Obsolete.

Wine made from or flavoured with myrtle berries. Also †wine myrtite.

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myrtite?1440

myrtle wine1597

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) Tab. 512 (MED) Wyn mirtite counfit in Janyueer.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 1093 In this mone ek mirtite [L. myrtitem] is to make.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 49 Drunke with vineger, it is good against al venim of Serpents..against the Lizzards with Mirtite.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	myrtite
释义	† myrtiten. Forms: late Middle English 1600s mirtite. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin myrtītēs. Etymology: < classical Latin myrtītēs wine made from or flavoured with myrtle berries (Columella, Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek μυρτίτης (Dioscorides) < ancient Greek μύρτος myrt n. + -ίτης -ite suffix¹.The Latin and Greek words sometimes occur in apposition with vīnum wine and οἶνος respectively. Hellenistic Greek μυρτίτης is recorded earlier as the name of a plant, myrtle spurge (Theophrastus); classical Latin myrtītēs is also used in this sense (Pliny). Obsolete. Wine made from or flavoured with myrtle berries. Also †wine myrtite. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > myrtle-berry wine myrtite?1440 myrtle wine1597 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) Tab. 512 (MED) Wyn mirtite counfit in Janyueer. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 1093 In this mone ek mirtite [L. myrtitem] is to make. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 49 Drunke with vineger, it is good against al venim of Serpents..against the Lizzards with Mirtite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?1440
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